Spectacle holder



Dec. 31, 1940. w. E. VvORTl-EAM SPECTACLE HOLDER Filed Jan. 9, 1959 ATTORNEY.

Patented Dec. 31, 1940 STATES William Enders Wortham,' Franklin, ly;

This. invention relates to a spectacle holder. An' object of'the invention is to provide a deviceiofgthe character described specially designed 'for the purposeof holding a pair'of eye-glasses, when poem use, and for. use. in automobiles, ,trains,home, ofiice,',workshop and. similar places. further (abject of theinvention is to provide anew ane useful holder specially formed to receive and support the lenses of spectaclesin in- 'divid'ual rack'like conformations, lengthwise of the holder, .50 spaced apart and connected as to provide a gap 'therebe'tween for accommodating jth'eno's'e piece of the spectacles.

"A further object of the invention is to provide the device with meanror easily and readily attaching thesame to and detaching itfrom a supportingj-obj ect. v e With'th'eIabove and similar objects in view, .the invention consists in "the novel features of construction, arrangement .and combination of parts,- hereinafter, more clearly described and final'lyl'pointed out in the claims hereto appendedfi. v I A 'Referring-to-theaccompanying drawing form- I .fing, a p'art' of this specification, wherein like haracters of reference .denote similar parts .l h rtiu'ghoutfthe several views: ,f"Fig.1lis a:front eleyationof the invention. 1

- 2' ifs'aj'side elevation of the invention. Q

30 r Fig. 3 is a. top'plan viewof the invention.

Fig. 4-15 a detail ofthe-mid-portion of the inventioninrear elevation.

Fig. 5 is a modified form of the mid-portion of the invention in rear elevation.

35 Fig. 6 is a further modified form of the midportion of the invention in rear elevation.

Fig. '7 is a side elevation of the invention including the modification shown in Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a still further modification of the mid- 40 portion of the invention in rear elevation.

In the embodiment of my invention, as shown in the drawing, the holder is made of suitable wire which is bent to provide a back section and includes a horizontal top, or cross member I,

4.5 deformed upwardly midway its ends to form an inverted U-shaped socket member 2, and the ends of the wire are bent to terminate in downwardly and outwardly inclined end members 3.

The lower ends of the end members 3 are bent 50 forwardly to terminate in downwardly curved spectacle lens supporting members 4.

The forward ends of the lens-supporting members 4 are bent to terminate in upwardly curved front spectacle lens guard members 5.

55 The innerends of the lens guard members 5 I Application January 9, 1939, Serial nagiassr 3 Claims. (01148 302) arebentrearwardly to terminatein downwardly curved members .6, which members 6 are disposed at a slightly higherfelevation than the .downwardly curved spectacle lens supporting members '4, and', the members 6 are suitably spaced 5 apartffrom'each other to provide a spectacle nose gap ll'm'idway the ends of the holder.

The rear endsl ofthe downwardly curved members B'are bent'upwardly to terminate in up wardly projecting. back or rear brace members 10 8, which are also'spaced apart from each other andare suitably secured at. their upper ends to the top cross member, as at 9. The upper ends of the brace members 8 after .they'have beensuitably secured to the top back 15 member I, can be extended to terminate in downwardl'y' projecting pin like members l0 having the pointed lower ends I l for attaching the holder to supporting object which will permit penetration of the-pins l0 thereinto.

The members 1, 3, 4, 5, B and 8 are so formed and arranged, relative toeach other as to form a pair of opposed rack like structures, or conformations disposed lengthwise of the holder and 'de'signatdgenerally, asf'A and B and adapted to I receive. and support the two lenses designated 12 and I3 of a pair of spectacles,.as'clearly'shown in Figs. 1 and 2 in dotted lines. a

It will-be apparent from Figs. 1 and 2 that lenses l2 and, I3 are supported by the members 4 whichconnect the end members '3 at the back of the hbldenwith the outer ends of the lens guard members 5, which members are spaced from the back of the holder, and, in side elevation, are inclined forwardly from the back of the holder, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, so that the mouth at the upper ends of each rack like lens receiving and supporting structure A and B will be wider from front to back than the lens supporting members 4, and the members 6, from 40 front to back, thus permitting spectacles or eyeglasses to be supported in a forward leaning position, which makes it easy to remove the glasses from the rack like conformations A and B and to place spectacles or eye-glasses therein from the top thereof.

It will be observed that the nose piece M of the spectacles spans the gap I and that the lenses l2 and I3 do not engage and are therefore not supported by the members 6 which connect the inner ends of the lens guards 5 with the brace members 8.

In Figs. 1 and 2, a suitable rubber vacuum cup I5 is shown as carried by the inverted U-shaped I loop 2 for attaching the holder to a vertical supporting surface. The cup I5 is provided with a neck I6 receivable in the loop 2 from the lower open end thereof and the neck I6 is provided with a head I! engaging the front face of the loop 2.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 4, the holder can be provided with a loop 2 for carrying a rubber vacuum cup I5 and fastening pins I0, so that the holder can be attached to a supporting object either by the vacuum cup, or the fastening pins.

As shown in Fig. 5, the holder is provided with only the loop 2 adapted to carry or support a vacuum cup and is minus the fastening pins I0.

As shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the holder is shown as provided with fastening pins I only, the loop 2 shown in Figs. 2 and 3 being omitted in the structure.

As shown in Fig. 8, the holder is provided with a modified form of loop designated 2' and designed to carry a screw or nail I8 for attaching the holder to a supporting object instead of with a vacuum cup I or supporting pins l0.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the curved lens guard members 5' are provided with a suitable rubber, or the like covering I9 to prevent the guard members 5 from scratching the lenses of eye-glasses carried by the racklike formations A and B of the holder. In Fig. 3 of the drawing, the rubber covering for the guard members 5 is shown as partly broken away from the inner ends thereof. It is to be understood that the protective covering on the guard members 5 can be omitted, if so desired.

The many advantages of the herein described invention will readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains.

From the foregoing description, it is evident that a simple device for this purpose has been disclosed, but it is to be understood that I do not desire to restrict, or limit myself to the very details of the construction shown and described, which is merely illustrative, it being obvious that 45 changes, not involving the exercise of invention,

may be made without conflicting or departing from the spirit of the invention within the scope of the appended claims.

' What I claim is:

1. A spectacle holder formed from a single piece of wire deformed midway its ends to provide an inverted U-shaped loop adapted to support a fastening device for attaching the holder to a supporting object, the ends of the loop projecting horizontally therefrom in opposite directions to provide back sections, the outer ends of the back sections terminating in downwardly projecting sections disposed at obtuse angles to the back sections, the lower ends of the downwardly projecting sections terminating in forwardly projecting sections, said latter sections terminating in front upwardly curved forwardly inclined lens engaging sections terminating at their inner ends opposite each other with a gap therebetween, said front upwardly curved inclined sections terminating in rearwardly projecting sections spaced from each other, and said rearwardly projecting sections terminating in upwardly projecting sections secured at their ends to the back sections adjacent the base of the loop.

2. A spectacle holder comprising a wire bent to form a top cross wire deformed midway its ends and inclined downwardly at its ends, the lower terminals of the inclined ends of the back wire being bent forwardly a short distance to provide lens supports and then terminating in upwardly curved forwardly inclined lens guard wires having their inner ends spaced apart and bent rearwardly to provide lens supports which terminate in vertical back wire portions spaced from each other and secured at their upper ends to the top cross wire, and a covering for the upwardly curved forwardly inclined lens guard wires.

3. A spectacle holder having, in combination, a single length of wire fashioned to provide a top back cross member upwardly deformed midway its ends to provide a loop, the ends of said member terminating in downwardly projecting end members, the lower ends of the end members terminating in forwardly projecting lens supports, said lens supports terminating in front upwardly curved forwardly inclined lens guards terminating at their inner ends in spaced relation to each other, the inner ends of said lens guardsterminating in rearwardlyprojectingmembers which in turn terminate in upwardly projecting back members secured at their upper ends to said top back cross member on opposite sides of the deformed mid-portion thereof, and the upper ends of said upwardly projecting back members terminating in rearwardly and downwardly projecting members having their free ends,

pointed.

WILLIAM ENDERS WORTHAM. 

